So I’ve been thinking about this old blog of mine.  It’s kind of like your first car.  Even if it’s not that great - to you it is.  You obsess over it, washing it all the time and yelling at your friends if they try to sneak some fries in your back seat…

Because it’s yours.  It belongs to you and no one else.

When I began blogging in the spring of 2007, virtually everyone else seemed to be blogging too.  It was at a time of my life when it became almost a necessity.  I had things I just had to get out of me.  I blogged as I cried.  I blogged as I laughed.

And I even made some amazing friends a long the way.

But, most of all it was like a friend ready to listen to, even at 2:00 in the morning.  Ready for me to pour out my soul without judgment or criticism.  There’s something helpfully satisfying and therapeutic about that kind of thing.

Of course, as time went on, I blogged a little less every now and then, but I’d always come back as on fire as ever.  Then, my fellow bloggers began to prefer Twitter or Facebook.  I swore I’d never give in.  I’m a writer and writers don’t write in 140 characters or less.  And Facebook seemed so limiting - I mean my heyday I had readers in ever state and almost every continent!

But, it wasn’t my “heyday” anymore.

I was having to face the fact that personal blogs were quickly becoming a thing of the past.  No one wanted trudge through my endless verbosity, when they could read where everyone was and what they were doing by looking at one page.

I’ve loved this old blog.  I mean it, we’ve been through some indescribable times together…though I would always try.  It would seem fitting if I could go out with a good blonde joke, but I believe I’ve exhausted them all…the clean ones, at least.  I am proud of the fact that during some the of the worst and ugliest seasons of my life, there still was some humor.

I thank you all who have shared any part of this journey with me.  It surely wouldn’t have been the same without you.

So, I think I’ll just sign off now….

As I’ve always done:

Peace.